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Thanks, I had never realized that there was “networking” between these seventeenth century geniuses. One small complaint, though. The word “streaking” implies that comets can be seen flying across the sky, like the Red Comet in “Game of Thrones”. I had urged one friend to go out on her deck to view a comet a few years ago. Her comment was “You know how slow I am. I’m sure it will have flown over and be behind the trees by the time I can focus on it.” I had to explain that, yes, it is going very fast, but you won’t perceive its speed. It’s like how the moon and planets are also traveling very fast, but because they are very far away, you don’t see them move unless you compare their positions changing in the sky from one night to another.
Oh Simon! I was hoping for some Danny inspired O.G.B.B. after "Apocalypse Nah!" as Danny stated it Rhymes with Valley but guessing this was recorded before that episode so we will cut you some big brain slack :)
Not if Bill gates has his way. They want to put a tint in the sky to put a halt to global warming. Im serious too, look it up an tell me how the hell democraps still get into power...
My aunt lived to see it twice - 1910 and 1986. I remember seeing it with my friend in 1986 on a hilltop in the dead of winter. I said "you know when Halley's returns we'll both probably both be dead". My friend replied "Wow that's deep man...got another beer?" lol
so did I, I was living in Alberta at the time, it was so amazing to see that, these gigantic, white boulders rushing across the sky, as they passed, I thought I could hear what sounded like white noise,or like soft sizzles; it was one of the most amazing sights in the sky I have ever seen, it felt so close to me we are at [2000 feet above sea level there] I watched for over an hour, even though it was so cold outside, I knew I would never see it again, so I stayed :)
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I'll be 95, if I make it that far... and as a few others said on here, I need to quit smoking, too... but going through a divorce from a 39 year marriage, when I can't even get He Who Shall Not Be Bothered to try counseling, first, is just too freaking stressful! He's letting Covid-19 kill a happy marriage, and it's breaking my heart!
@@sheslikeheroin93 that's the most waste shit i ever heard. My grandpa is 93, he has a beautiful daughter (my mom) and 2 amazing sons, aswell as 7 amazing grandchildren 2 of which are me and my brother. My mom brother and I live with him and help take care of him, he walks perfectly fine and is as happy as ever. Sorry youre so depressed you dont want to live a full life full of adventure and excitement as well as seeing things happen you never thought would.
When Halley's Comet came by in 1910 we had just begun powered flight. Then in 1986 we were able to reach out to meet it. Once in a while humanity can be beautiful.
@@TheDevilsAdvocate. It is. Short "a" Hal, like the 2001 computer. If you've seen any of Simon's 2 dozen or so other channels, you'd know he never pronounces anyone's name correctly. I'm surprised he doesn't call himself "Seemon".
I remember seeing it in 1986, I was 5 years old. I will be 81 years old and I hope to still be around when it swings by again. If not, my kids will be in their 60's when they get to experience Halley's comet for the first time.
My wife's Grandmother saw Halley's comet twice. 1st 1910, then in 1986. She was 97, when she passes on. God rest her soul. She would do the crossword puzzles every day, till the day before her time. RIP, Frances Howard Navile.
One of my earliest memories of stargazing was seeing the comet when I was a little kid through a telescope in my backyard. I'll be 80 when it comes around again, so hopefully I will be one of the lucky people that gets to see it twice in my lifetime.
My fiancé that passed away on January 24,2021 saw the comet with me her name was Haley and I told her the day we saw it that it will forever be her comet and now when it passes by again she won’t be here to see it with me but no matter what that comet will forever belong to her as if it was a part of her. I can’t wait to see her pass by one more time 🖤🥀
Yeeeeaahhh stop the cap. 1. You look 30 at most in your pfp so you definitely didn’t see it in the 80s. 2. If your fiancé just passed away either you have been engaged 40 years without marrying or you knew her since being a toddler and just proposed then she died. 3. Your channel is a gameplay channel and you have cx in your bio… this is decent bait however and if im wrong damn i feel bad now but you seem like a big ole troll
Halley's next visit is due to comeback by around my 104th birthday in July 2061. I have a goal to be alive and still able to see well enough to see it again!
I was 7 years old in 86.. Everyone was outside trying to see Haleys comet. Most couldn't see it... I couldn't and was upset, now I know why ( darkest comet ever in 86'). I was informed right on the spot that Haleys comet comes around every 80 years or so. As a 7 year old I made it a top priority in life to see it for the first time on my second viewing attempt. I've been waiting for that comet for years now. I'll be in my late 80s when it comes back. Glad to hear it'll be visible this time. Obsessed much??? Absolutely.
Note on the Challenger Disaster: the spacecraft in question was the second Tracking Data & Relay System (TDRS) satellite. The previous Shuttle flight, STS-61-C, carried a 35mm camera to view Halley, but it failed to operate because of battery problems. Had Challenger successfully completed her mission, the next flight, STS-61-E, would have flown a suite of experiments dedicated to the comet. NASA's planned robotic probe to Halley was canceled in 1982 due to a lack of Congressional funding.
Halley was my dad's ticket to a lifelong career in Astronomy. Giotto (ESA) was the first project in the field he participated in, so I'm so used to those comet pictures since I grew up with posters of them.
This is probably one of my favourite videos from Simon. I really want to hold on till it shows up. I'll be 81 and smoked for a good number of years. So here's hoping medical science will be improved.
I saw Halley. It was only visible through binoculars. And it was only a very faint spot with the naked eye. The photo in this video looks like Hale Bopp. Hale Bopp was the best comet of all.
You would have been disappointed. Prior to her arrival the TVs were full of hope for similar spectacle as the 1910 return had been - and then it turned out to be not visible with naked eyes at all. The only thing that at least our Czechoslovak TV had repeatedly shown over and over was some pixelated false color picture taken by one of the probes launched to study it.
@@BearsTrains Everybody talked about it, I was so excited! A adult took me outside and said, there it is! Me, 12 years old; where? I then thought: Every picture of a comet is stupid fake! And grown up people are stupid! Then Hale-Bopp... O.M.G.! Best comet on the Northern Hemisphere. Halley looked more like the Andromeda galaxy with the unaided eye. Not sure about that comparison but that's how I remembered it. I thankfully lived in a small town with a sky that's dark enough.
Phenomenal video Simon. Im a subscriber to literally every one of your channels, but my top 3 is definitely made up of Megaprojects, Geographics, and Biographics, not necessarily in that order lol. But no matter what channel it ends up being, i love all the Space/Universe related videos you've done. Im a bit of a space nerd, but anyways, i just wanted to tell you to keep up the awesome, imaginative, and diverse content. Its awesome!!🤙🤘
I'll be 91 in 40 years, so with luck and significant medical advances, I may still be alive to see it a second time. Probably won't give much of a crap by then, but still, a person has to have goals 😆
I was in the "Young Astronauts Cadets Program" in 1986. I went to the viewing and even won the Neil Armstrong award for Astronomy. I have a Commemorative Tea Spoon somewhere to prove I was there (pretty sure my Mum has it). I was in New Zealand at the time and it was the experience of a lifetime. Thankfully, having been born in 1980, I am the perfect age to potentially see it in 2061-62. I was told I would be 82 when it next returns, however the mathematics may have improved a great deal since then. Anyway, I just felt like sharing.
The 1986 appearance is one of my first memories. My parents got me up in the middle of the night and took me out to the backyard. I remember seeing this huge star flying across the sky. I'm not sure if I am exaggerating the memory but I recall it being absolutely huge. I was only 4, so I couldn't really comprehend why it was so special but my parents told me I wouldn't see the comet again until I was very old. It was only as an adult that I understood how lucky I am to have seen it.
I was 13 years old, when it last passed by. I had already been subscribing to Science Illustrated for a couple of years, I read voraciously about all kinds of topics outside school work, including astronomy. I was absolutely jubilant, that I was going to get to see Halley's Comet!!! And then the sky was completely overcast in my part of the world. Cue, depression 😢
I'm one of the honored few that remember seeing the comet as a child. My father was a lover of astronomy, and shared his passion with me. Mesmerized by Halley's Comet, the horror of the Challenger disaster, seeing Saturn, and Jupiter through our new telescope that year in the darkness of the Tucson suburbs was profound for me. I am anxiously awaiting its return.
Just another 40yrs to wait to see the comet again. I was a teenager last go around, in 2061 I'll be 91yrs old, if I'm still alive, LOL 😂. Pretty cool that the yearly meteor showers are remnants of Halley's comet passing through our atmosphere. Love watching them. Very informative video Simon as always. Keep up the great work 👍👍
I remember standing on my front lawn as an eight-year-old and seeing it Wizz past the Australian sky. It would be a real treat to still be alive and see again. I really look forward to it.
Halley's came 4 years before me, so I missed it this past time, but hopefully I'll be able to watch it with my grandchildren when it comes next time. I'll be 71 years old.
Was born in '84. I remember sneakily climbing the ladder to the roof where my dad had a telescope and camera taking pics. Can't wait to see it a second time!!
I was alive in 1986... I don't remember if I saw it or not (I would have been 9 years old.) My dad probably showed it to me, but I don't recall. I did see Hale-Bopp in the 90's, which was MAGNIFICENT! I won't see Halley again, but that's alright.
I will never forget Halley in 1986: both the greatest hype and greatest disappointment of the century. Meanwhile, my great grandmother was telling us how she could still remember the previous visit of the comet, as the greatest spectacle ever. The wise lady passed away about a year later, at 99 and 3/4.
I suddenly got distracted by that illustration at 2:00, because it's exponential... never realized before that what we call the Oort 'Cloud' comprises the vast majority of the diameter of all objects that orbit our sun. 1 = distance between Earth and Sun 10 = Saturn 100 = edge of the 'normal' bit of our system 1000 Oort cloud begins 10000 we're now 10% underway in the Oort Cloud 100000 that's the outer edge of the Oort Cloud. I think I'm gonna try to map that out to scale, because my brain has difficulties comprehending that stuff.
@@youropinionmeansnothing2825it really isn't. I'll be 65 then. But something will happen between this and that. Multiple factors but I bet I wont live till then 🤷♂️. Unfortunate cause I'd love to see it lmfao Edit: it's only 40 years but that will fly by the older you get
I already looked and got excited when I saw there was a Geographics video on Krakatoa, only to find out it was a completely different channel that's also called "Geographics".
I saw Halley's comet through a telescope installed by our school on top of the highest building in our campus, it was fabulously stunning to see a cosmic material created much earlier than our very own planet..
Americans do bugger the language...this channel is American owned and edited, and Simon caters to American mispronunciations more and more as time goes on.
I saw Haley's Comet through a telescope. I then saw Halle Bopp. Halle Bopp was far more impressive. It was visible to the naked eye for months. It's the one that I will remember to the grave. Unless of course we get to see a super nova before that day.
I know it's like the most unlikely story that Ive seen a supernova, and Im pretty sure I haven't, but I saw something that I thought was once.. there was a bright star that I was looking at while laying on my driveway, then it seemed to get slowly bigger and bigger. It stopped growing and shrunk down to like a nearly invisible dot and then expanded to be bigger than it was at any point prior and disappeared - no idea what it was, still confuses me trying to figure it out.
@@ocbee6175 I know it wasn't a supernova - but that's like the only thing I could relate what I saw too. Only other thing I could think of was a satellite orbiting the Earth that reflected the sun rays but it seems equally as unlikely to be able to cause such a bright light considering how small/far away any satellites are. Okay so now that we've ruled out the impossible, whatever remains -no matter how improbable - must be true. I'm not saying it was Aliens, but it was Aliens
Yet the moon is making a slow exit from earth its like a long term marriage and slowly growing apart It's only a few cms each year but it is slowly moving away from earth
Yeah, it was a fuzzy dot in the sky last time and 15 year old me felt super ripped off. However the Hale Bopp comet more than made up for the disappointment and also marked the arrival of my son Nate.
I was in London when this heaven like comet showed herself”Drops of Jupiter” I hope that I live to see it happen again. I guess the possibility would be like seeing lightening strike twice in the same place.....that never happens right ? ⭐️🌞🎄🧚♂️🔮☮️✅🩰💪🌤
yo Simon this one dude., Read this. Dude does too many vids lol I legit wanted I think it was business blaze where we learned that . Legit watched the episode yesterday.
Excited for 2061. With new space technology, who knows what will be in store. I'd wager they'll send a probe to it, getting closer than ever and getting dazzling photos in the process. Can't wait.
4:56 Wow. I do recall back during Halloween about 10+ years ago I was out trick or treating and saw a shooting star. wonder if this was a part of that comet?
I saw it In 1986 In front yard With my 3 by 9 scope Got a pretty good look at it It looked like a Christmas tree All lit up Hope I get to see it again I will be about 95
I'll be in my sixties then, but I really hope I'll get to see Halley's next time it swings by. I've never seen a comet with my own eyes...although who knows, by then they might be robot eyes.
I saw HC as a kid of 12. I lived out in the country, so I was able to see it. I bought a telescope with my allowance. Hopefully I be able to see it a second time!
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Good one Simon and the team! +1
Thanks, I had never realized that there was “networking” between these seventeenth century geniuses.
One small complaint, though. The word “streaking” implies that comets can be seen flying across the sky, like the Red Comet in “Game of Thrones”. I had urged one friend to go out on her deck to view a comet a few years ago. Her comment was “You know how slow I am. I’m sure it will have flown over and be behind the trees by the time I can focus on it.” I had to explain that, yes, it is going very fast, but you won’t perceive its speed. It’s like how the moon and planets are also traveling very fast, but because they are very far away, you don’t see them move unless you compare their positions changing in the sky from one night to another.
Oh Simon! I was hoping for some Danny inspired O.G.B.B. after "Apocalypse Nah!" as Danny stated it Rhymes with Valley but guessing this was recorded before that episode so we will cut you some big brain slack :)
@@Consisto7 ...except for not bothering to get the name right. Halley rhymes w/ SALLY. -1
@@llYossarian I have no idea what you are on about so be gone wretched creature.
My Great Grandfather saw halleys twice…..when he was 12 and again at 88.
I saw it at the age of 12 so hopefully I’ll see it twice like him!!
I too hope you do
Not if Bill gates has his way. They want to put a tint in the sky to put a halt to global warming. Im serious too, look it up an tell me how the hell democraps still get into power...
@@nicholascorbett1256 links? sounds interesting
@@nicholascorbett1256 What you're talking about is the media's misquoting and hysteria.
@@nicholascorbett1256 you're a wing nut
I think Simon could make "stellargraphics", a channel dedicated to space. Galaxies, the planets series etc
The man has to sleep!!! Lol
Astrographics :D
And I’d subscribe to it too!
Yes.
I'd watch
My aunt lived to see it twice - 1910 and 1986. I remember seeing it with my friend in 1986 on a hilltop in the dead of winter. I said "you know when Halley's returns we'll both probably both be dead". My friend replied "Wow that's deep man...got another beer?" lol
so did I, I was living in Alberta at the time, it was so amazing to see that, these gigantic, white boulders rushing across the sky, as they passed, I thought I could hear what sounded like white noise,or like soft sizzles; it was one of the most amazing sights in the sky I have ever seen, it felt so close to me we are at [2000 feet above sea level there] I watched for over an hour, even though it was so cold outside, I knew I would never see it again, so I stayed :)
Tried to see the 1986 one. I was 6. It was overcast. I hope to see the 2061 pass.
@@BabyMakR Comet Hale-Bopp in '97 was much more impressive in my book. Much nicer time of the year to observe too!
@@daetyme998those would be meteors, comets don’t make noise.
@@Shadowkey392 I didn't say I heard it, I said I thought I could hear it. or it was so close that I imagined what it should sound like.
‘Earth’s constant companion’
The moon: yo, wtf
so earth has more than one companion
The earth is unfaithful
Earth is polyamorous
even more funny if u consider the fact that the earth and the moon smashed 1 time
@@Tathanic
To be fair, the asteroids smashed the moon too
You guys should do a video on the la Brea tar pits!! That would such an interesting one and there really isn't any good content on it on RUclips!
YES WE NEED THIS!
Buuump! I'd definitely be interested in watching that :D
Oh that'd be super cool - the museum on the site is probably the number one reason I want to visit LA at all.
@@Replicaate it's the ONLY reason I want to visit L.A.!
@@MaryAnnNytowl Haha, same - "sure, hollywood and stuff. now how about those mammoth remains?"
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I'll almost be 100 but by God, I want to see Halley's Comet a second time!
I was just a small tyke when it came in 86. It’d be nice to catch it the next time.
Shoot, I'll be almost 80. I need to quit smoking!
Same here.
@@scottbruffy9071 me too, let’s quit together brother!
I'll be 95, if I make it that far... and as a few others said on here, I need to quit smoking, too... but going through a divorce from a 39 year marriage, when I can't even get He Who Shall Not Be Bothered to try counseling, first, is just too freaking stressful! He's letting Covid-19 kill a happy marriage, and it's breaking my heart!
Comet Halley: I'm earth's constant companion.
Moon: Am I a freaking joke to you?
I just turned 40 on the 5th. 40 more years would be a good life. Seeing it twice in a lifetime is now a goal of mine.
Why live to 80 when your body has failed, mental faculties are gone and all your family and friends are dead? Screw that.
@@sheslikeheroin93 that's the most waste shit i ever heard. My grandpa is 93, he has a beautiful daughter (my mom) and 2 amazing sons, aswell as 7 amazing grandchildren 2 of which are me and my brother. My mom brother and I live with him and help take care of him, he walks perfectly fine and is as happy as ever. Sorry youre so depressed you dont want to live a full life full of adventure and excitement as well as seeing things happen you never thought would.
Ok mark twain
@Rip I'm right there w ya buddy 👍🏼
I just turned 40 on April 9th of this year...I hope to be able to see it a second time too!
When Halley's Comet came by in 1910 we had just begun powered flight. Then in 1986 we were able to reach out to meet it. Once in a while humanity can be beautiful.
If only Edmund Halley could come back and tell people how to say his name...
Lol yeah I always thought it’d be more like Hal-ley.
@@TheDevilsAdvocate. It is. Short "a" Hal, like the 2001 computer. If you've seen any of Simon's 2 dozen or so other channels, you'd know he never pronounces anyone's name correctly. I'm surprised he doesn't call himself "Seemon".
He usually wrote it as Edm𝗼nd Halley - not to be confused with Bill Haley and Buddy Holl(e)y.
@@baronvonscharfenberg honestly surprised it hasn't popped up on business blaze as a gag.
It was explained in brain blaze, the apocalypse episode, when Danny mentions in the script it rhymes with Valley
I remember seeing it in 1986, I was 5 years old. I will be 81 years old and I hope to still be around when it swings by again. If not, my kids will be in their 60's when they get to experience Halley's comet for the first time.
My wife's Grandmother saw Halley's comet twice. 1st 1910, then in 1986. She was 97, when she passes on. God rest her soul. She would do the crossword puzzles every day, till the day before her time. RIP, Frances Howard Navile.
Interesting fact: comets can also do crossword puzzles ☄️🧠✍️
2061? Awesome, a new life goal for me, literally.☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️☄️
imagine if clouds happen
One of my earliest memories of stargazing was seeing the comet when I was a little kid through a telescope in my backyard. I'll be 80 when it comes around again, so hopefully I will be one of the lucky people that gets to see it twice in my lifetime.
My fiancé that passed away on January 24,2021 saw the comet with me her name was Haley and I told her the day we saw it that it will forever be her comet and now when it passes by again she won’t be here to see it with me but no matter what that comet will forever belong to her as if it was a part of her. I can’t wait to see her pass by one more time 🖤🥀
Her spirit is always with you brother ❤ my thoughts and prayers go out to you on this very tough day.
Yeeeeaahhh stop the cap. 1. You look 30 at most in your pfp so you definitely didn’t see it in the 80s. 2. If your fiancé just passed away either you have been engaged 40 years without marrying or you knew her since being a toddler and just proposed then she died. 3. Your channel is a gameplay channel and you have cx in your bio… this is decent bait however and if im wrong damn i feel bad now but you seem like a big ole troll
Fake
I saw Halley’s Comet as a small child, and it was remarkable even then. I am hoping I’ll live long enough to see it again in my 80’s.
Thankyou just what i was looking for as its amazing as historys visitor just blows my mind. If only comets could speak...
Great video, thank you
I was 9 in 1986. Thank you for an informative trip down memory lane. What a glorious life we all live. Peace ✌🏼
Halley's next visit is due to comeback by around my 104th birthday in July 2061. I have a goal to be alive and still able to see well enough to see it again!
Great video Simon!
Another fantastic video Simon & team 👌🙏
I was 7 years old in 86.. Everyone was outside trying to see Haleys comet. Most couldn't see it... I couldn't and was upset, now I know why ( darkest comet ever in 86'). I was informed right on the spot that Haleys comet comes around every 80 years or so. As a 7 year old I made it a top priority in life to see it for the first time on my second viewing attempt. I've been waiting for that comet for years now. I'll be in my late 80s when it comes back. Glad to hear it'll be visible this time. Obsessed much??? Absolutely.
With a family guy pfp. Right.
@@Rydo416 and what's that got to do with anything..
Note on the Challenger Disaster: the spacecraft in question was the second Tracking Data & Relay System (TDRS) satellite. The previous Shuttle flight, STS-61-C, carried a 35mm camera to view Halley, but it failed to operate because of battery problems. Had Challenger successfully completed her mission, the next flight, STS-61-E, would have flown a suite of experiments dedicated to the comet.
NASA's planned robotic probe to Halley was canceled in 1982 due to a lack of Congressional funding.
Halley was my dad's ticket to a lifelong career in Astronomy. Giotto (ESA) was the first project in the field he participated in, so I'm so used to those comet pictures since I grew up with posters of them.
This is probably one of my favourite videos from Simon. I really want to hold on till it shows up. I'll be 81 and smoked for a good number of years. So here's hoping medical science will be improved.
I was too young for Halley’s Comet. I remember Hale Bopp though.
I agree. I was only 1 for halleys but i remember hail bopp a lot. Probably helped spur my interest into space as an adult
I saw Halley.
It was only visible through binoculars.
And it was only a very faint spot with the naked eye.
The photo in this video looks like Hale Bopp.
Hale Bopp was the best comet of all.
@@PieterPatrick Same here, though we could see it with the naked eye. It was quite underwhelming...
You would have been disappointed. Prior to her arrival the TVs were full of hope for similar spectacle as the 1910 return had been - and then it turned out to be not visible with naked eyes at all. The only thing that at least our Czechoslovak TV had repeatedly shown over and over was some pixelated false color picture taken by one of the probes launched to study it.
@@BearsTrains Everybody talked about it, I was so excited!
A adult took me outside and said, there it is!
Me, 12 years old; where?
I then thought: Every picture of a comet is stupid fake!
And grown up people are stupid!
Then Hale-Bopp...
O.M.G.!
Best comet on the Northern Hemisphere.
Halley looked more like the Andromeda galaxy with the unaided eye.
Not sure about that comparison but that's how I remembered it.
I thankfully lived in a small town with a sky that's dark enough.
One of the most informative vids I have seen in a long time. Sundays are so long with out new Simon Vids.
Phenomenal video Simon. Im a subscriber to literally every one of your channels, but my top 3 is definitely made up of Megaprojects, Geographics, and Biographics, not necessarily in that order lol. But no matter what channel it ends up being, i love all the Space/Universe related videos you've done. Im a bit of a space nerd, but anyways, i just wanted to tell you to keep up the awesome, imaginative, and diverse content. Its awesome!!🤙🤘
Thank you Simon. Another fascinating and well researched piece!
This is the best youtube video I have seen this year and I only watch youtube videos every day so, much love Simon.
I'll be 91 in 40 years, so with luck and significant medical advances, I may still be alive to see it a second time. Probably won't give much of a crap by then, but still, a person has to have goals 😆
I'll be 92. If I live.
Since most of the males in the family have died in their 70's. I don't hold much hope
I was in the "Young Astronauts Cadets Program" in 1986. I went to the viewing and even won the Neil Armstrong award for Astronomy. I have a Commemorative Tea Spoon somewhere to prove I was there (pretty sure my Mum has it). I was in New Zealand at the time and it was the experience of a lifetime. Thankfully, having been born in 1980, I am the perfect age to potentially see it in 2061-62. I was told I would be 82 when it next returns, however the mathematics may have improved a great deal since then. Anyway, I just felt like sharing.
The 1986 appearance is one of my first memories. My parents got me up in the middle of the night and took me out to the backyard. I remember seeing this huge star flying across the sky. I'm not sure if I am exaggerating the memory but I recall it being absolutely huge. I was only 4, so I couldn't really comprehend why it was so special but my parents told me I wouldn't see the comet again until I was very old. It was only as an adult that I understood how lucky I am to have seen it.
I was 13 years old, when it last passed by. I had already been subscribing to Science Illustrated for a couple of years, I read voraciously about all kinds of topics outside school work, including astronomy. I was absolutely jubilant, that I was going to get to see Halley's Comet!!!
And then the sky was completely overcast in my part of the world. Cue, depression 😢
Well next time around we should have free energy and gravity control. Haley's Promise!
Thanks your video is fascinating...
Appreciate this. Thanks.
that's why I felt like I was getting dumber. Haven't watched one of Simon's 50 thousand channels teaching me something in weeks.
You haven't missed much...just the unveiling of his plan to take over RUclips :D
I'm one of the honored few that remember seeing the comet as a child. My father was a lover of astronomy, and shared his passion with me. Mesmerized by Halley's Comet, the horror of the Challenger disaster, seeing Saturn, and Jupiter through our new telescope that year in the darkness of the Tucson suburbs was profound for me. I am anxiously awaiting its return.
Billie
Just another 40yrs to wait to see the comet again. I was a teenager last go around, in 2061 I'll be 91yrs old, if I'm still alive, LOL 😂. Pretty cool that the yearly meteor showers are remnants of Halley's comet passing through our atmosphere. Love watching them. Very informative video Simon as always. Keep up the great work 👍👍
I remember when Halley's Comet came in 1986 some people were quite disappointed, I guess it didn't meet expectations.
I was 18 at the time and lucky to see it back then, because I know that I will probably never see it again..
I remember standing on my front lawn as an eight-year-old and seeing it Wizz past the Australian sky. It would be a real treat to still be alive and see again. I really look forward to it.
And just like commet Kahoutek some people wigged out about the end of the world.
Light pollution doubtless affected its visibility
"Clinging to Jupiter like a bad prom date...." you really do know how to turn a funny phrase, Simon! Needed that laugh, today. Thanks!
Halley's came 4 years before me, so I missed it this past time, but hopefully I'll be able to watch it with my grandchildren when it comes next time. I'll be 71 years old.
Thanks
Was born in '84. I remember sneakily climbing the ladder to the roof where my dad had a telescope and camera taking pics. Can't wait to see it a second time!!
Never thought I'd see a clip from Great Rap Battles of History on here. And now I have. The Internet is a wonderful place!
Great video simon, I hope to get to see it a second time. One of my first memories is seeing that magnificent comet.
I’ve been waiting for this topic of the video for an eternity thank you 🙏 😊
I remember when Hale Bop appeared in the skies in the 90's; an unexpected and awe inspiring visitor.
Now that was a comet!!
@@1974lionsfan Two tails! Hanging there in the sky for weeks!
It's the only comet I've ever seen!
@@stimpy_thecat wish I’d seen Comet Mcnaught, Southern Hemisphere, 1990s I think. Google it, it is insane.
@@paulannable3734 I googled it and WOW. I had no idea that comet exists. What a beauty.
I was alive in 1986... I don't remember if I saw it or not (I would have been 9 years old.) My dad probably showed it to me, but I don't recall. I did see Hale-Bopp in the 90's, which was MAGNIFICENT! I won't see Halley again, but that's alright.
1:25 - Chapter 1 - The depths of space
5:20 - Chapter 2 - Our constant companion
9:05 - Mid roll ads
10:20 - Chapter 3 - Breakthrough
13:55 - Chapter 4 - Panic !
16:40 - Chapter 5 - Close encounter
- Chapter 6 -
I missed Halley's Comet when it came round in 1986, and I'd be 97 the next time it arrives. Fingers crossed I'll still be here :-)
Halley's Comet was a great sight in 1986.
Moreover, at the same time, Frehley's Comet simply 🎸 rocked!
This is definitely a new favorite Geographics installment. Excellent one, guys!! 😊
I will never forget Halley in 1986: both the greatest hype and greatest disappointment of the century. Meanwhile, my great grandmother was telling us how she could still remember the previous visit of the comet, as the greatest spectacle ever. The wise lady passed away about a year later, at 99 and 3/4.
Legend has it that Halley's comet wants to land but everytime it flies by Erath it changes its mind since it only wants to kill inteligent life.
I suddenly got distracted by that illustration at 2:00, because it's exponential... never realized before that what we call the Oort 'Cloud' comprises the vast majority of the diameter of all objects that orbit our sun.
1 = distance between Earth and Sun
10 = Saturn
100 = edge of the 'normal' bit of our system
1000 Oort cloud begins
10000 we're now 10% underway in the Oort Cloud
100000 that's the outer edge of the Oort Cloud.
I think I'm gonna try to map that out to scale, because my brain has difficulties comprehending that stuff.
at this moment Halley's comet is approaching Pluto ...it'll stop short and start turning around to begin its 36 year return journey to Earth in 2024
I may not live long enough to see it and I hate that
@@trashyhobo4957 2061 seems like a lifetime from now
@@youropinionmeansnothing2825it really isn't. I'll be 65 then. But something will happen between this and that. Multiple factors but I bet I wont live till then 🤷♂️. Unfortunate cause I'd love to see it lmfao
Edit: it's only 40 years but that will fly by the older you get
Thank you. I was just wondering that, and due to my battery, I had to wait until later before looking it up.
Could you do a video on The Kamchatka Peninsula?
YAAS! Kamchatka is soooo rarely talked about! I've always wanted to know more about it! And know why it isn't more populated!📍✨🌟
The return of Halley’s Comet - coinciding with Simon owning every channel on RUclips.
RUclips? You mean SimonTube.
Outgassing…new term to use 😂
‘Those Greeks proper outgassed when the comet flew by’
got the tshirt haleys comet world tour 1986, now my sons got it born in 86 hope he will see it again
I'll be 71 when Halley's Comet comes back around. Hope I'm still around when that year comes.
I would be too but I highly doubt I'll make it there
I would be 61
I’d love to see you do a Geographic on
Krakatoa Volcano or Hurricane Katrina
I already looked and got excited when I saw there was a Geographics video on Krakatoa, only to find out it was a completely different channel that's also called "Geographics".
I saw Halley's comet through a telescope installed by our school on top of the highest building in our campus, it was fabulously stunning to see a cosmic material created much earlier than our very own planet..
I was 3 years old when Halley's comet arrived, but I was astonished watching Hale-Bopp comet in 1995.
"Halley". Rhymes with "valley".
*astro-angst intensifies*
Americans do bugger the language...this channel is American owned and edited, and Simon caters to American mispronunciations more and more as time goes on.
I saw Haley's Comet through a telescope. I then saw Halle Bopp. Halle Bopp was far more impressive. It was visible to the naked eye for months. It's the one that I will remember to the grave. Unless of course we get to see a super nova before that day.
I know it's like the most unlikely story that Ive seen a supernova, and Im pretty sure I haven't, but I saw something that I thought was once.. there was a bright star that I was looking at while laying on my driveway, then it seemed to get slowly bigger and bigger. It stopped growing and shrunk down to like a nearly invisible dot and then expanded to be bigger than it was at any point prior and disappeared - no idea what it was, still confuses me trying to figure it out.
@@lrrr9734 LSD is a helluva drug, isn't it?
@@philipwebb960 lol
@@lrrr9734 supernovas are visible for months bro
@@ocbee6175 I know it wasn't a supernova - but that's like the only thing I could relate what I saw too. Only other thing I could think of was a satellite orbiting the Earth that reflected the sun rays but it seems equally as unlikely to be able to cause such a bright light considering how small/far away any satellites are.
Okay so now that we've ruled out the impossible, whatever remains -no matter how improbable - must be true.
I'm not saying it was Aliens, but it was Aliens
The moon is our constant companion. Haley's comet is more like an in-law
… or wayward son. Comes around every 76 years when he needs money.
Yet the moon is making a slow exit from earth its like a long term marriage and slowly growing apart
It's only a few cms each year but it is slowly moving away from earth
Halley's Comet: Earths Constant Companion
The Moon *angry moon noises*
Your closing really are always great
6:48 it's nice to see the BlazeBoi peek through the Simon from time to time even in his other videos
More like that distant relative that pops by once in a while just to remind you they still exist, until they don't... :P
Yeah, it was a fuzzy dot in the sky last time and 15 year old me felt super ripped off. However the Hale Bopp comet more than made up for the disappointment and also marked the arrival of my son Nate.
Stuff in the sky. I've always been a fan. One might call me starstruck.
3:23
That was clever...and so horrifyingly true.
I'll be 97, hopefully I'll make it.
Me too.
Holy crap this channel is so good.
I was in London when this heaven like comet showed herself”Drops of Jupiter” I hope that I live to see it happen again. I guess the possibility would be like seeing lightening strike twice in the same place.....that never happens right ? ⭐️🌞🎄🧚♂️🔮☮️✅🩰💪🌤
Shout out to that Louis guy, that was an honourable thing.
0:50 God dammit, you've learned else where it rhymes with valley.
yo Simon this one dude., Read this. Dude does too many vids lol I legit wanted I think it was business blaze where we learned that . Legit watched the episode yesterday.
Excited for 2061. With new space technology, who knows what will be in store. I'd wager they'll send a probe to it, getting closer than ever and getting dazzling photos in the process. Can't wait.
That reminds me, a Heavens Gate video would be pretty cool
He says, wide-eyed, wearing his Air-Jordans
That was fun. I went on an expedition to Enchanted Rock, Tx . About 20 of us hiked up there. It was like something out of National Geographic.
4:56 Wow. I do recall back during Halloween about 10+ years ago I was out trick or treating and saw a shooting star. wonder if this was a part of that comet?
I was born in 86. Can't wait to see it in 61.
Random fun fact : If our sun was replaced by R136a1 (The most massive and luminous star known), Earth would be vaporized in a few hours.
How enlightening…
Great video!
I really hope I’m here to see Halley’s Comet return.
I would have to live to 147 years old to see Halley's Comet twice lol
I love all the discriptions of Halley’s Comet. Broom star, long haired star, sword in the sky.
I was born in 86, so I'll be in my 70's by then, but I did get to sit out at night with my father and see Hale-Bopp comet in 97.
I have the possibility of seeing this twice in a lifetime as I saw it when I was 6yo.
I saw it In 1986 In front yard With my 3 by 9 scope Got a pretty good look at it It looked like a Christmas tree All lit up Hope I get to see it again I will be about 95
I'll be in my sixties then, but I really hope I'll get to see Halley's next time it swings by. I've never seen a comet with my own eyes...although who knows, by then they might be robot eyes.
I saw HC as a kid of 12. I lived out in the country, so I was able to see it. I bought a telescope with my allowance. Hopefully I be able to see it a second time!
This was filmed before a Business Blaze video released a week or two ago. In BB he realised that he and everyone else was pronouncing Halley wrong.